I looked for this using the search but no matches so here goes at sharing the wealth.
I was chatting to a guy today who is building a kit car, no not a '40, and he got onto the subject of heaters. Now the heater fitted to mine rarely gets used as a heater due to heat coming from the centre tunnel. The inside of the car becomes very warm. It may get used in rare cases to demist the inside of the windscreen, but it takes a while to warm up. His 'matter of factly' suggestion opened up a realm of possibilities for my winter mods project and I felt I had to share this if someone was in the build stage or just interested.
The suggestion is to source two 12 volt hairdriers, the sort that may be used on a caravan or boat, and duct the hot air into the screen outlets. Not only do you get instant hot air when the screen is misted up, but the SVA tests comply. To boot, you can ditch the heater and associated piping, saving weight, leaving fewer coolant connections and give more access space in the front bulkhead area. There is also less clutter in the centre tunnel. Two units are used incase one fails, and they can be used to blow cold air as well....genius!
I'm off to see what I can find. Just thought you may be interested. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif
I was chatting to a guy today who is building a kit car, no not a '40, and he got onto the subject of heaters. Now the heater fitted to mine rarely gets used as a heater due to heat coming from the centre tunnel. The inside of the car becomes very warm. It may get used in rare cases to demist the inside of the windscreen, but it takes a while to warm up. His 'matter of factly' suggestion opened up a realm of possibilities for my winter mods project and I felt I had to share this if someone was in the build stage or just interested.
The suggestion is to source two 12 volt hairdriers, the sort that may be used on a caravan or boat, and duct the hot air into the screen outlets. Not only do you get instant hot air when the screen is misted up, but the SVA tests comply. To boot, you can ditch the heater and associated piping, saving weight, leaving fewer coolant connections and give more access space in the front bulkhead area. There is also less clutter in the centre tunnel. Two units are used incase one fails, and they can be used to blow cold air as well....genius!
I'm off to see what I can find. Just thought you may be interested. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif